2. Preface to the Third Edition

2.2. The Essentials Edition

An Essentials Edition of the third edition, which will include Chapters 0- 12, will be published as a separate title. The Essentials Edition will cover those topics (Chapters 0-9) that are covered in almost all introductory (CS1) courses, but it will also include topics (Exceptions, File I/O, and Recursion) that many CS1 instructors have requested.